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title: "CASE/691365"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000755344"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT"
published: "2024-01-17"
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# CASE/691365

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000755344

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## Summary

The Scottish Government has awarded a service contract, titled CASE/691365, for providing skills and expertise to support the Agricultural Reform Program transition to public cloud-based services. This will ensure the continuity of payment systems and deliver strategic support to the program. The procurement process was completed with an active contract signed on 20th December 2023, worth £974,600 GBP, based in Edinburgh, under the main procurement category of services.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for companies specialised in service provision and consultancy, particularly those experienced in digital service delivery and business assurance. Businesses with expertise in supporting government programmes and ensuring secure and stable platforms would be well-suited to compete. The Scottish Government, as the contracting authority, aims to continue making payments to the rural economy securely while meeting ministerial targets, providing a key focus for potential bidders.

## Notice

The purpose of this service contract is to provide skills, professional expertise and relevant experience to support ARE business colleagues in: - the delivery of Agricultural Reform Program (ARP) by ensuring that the transition from Legacy and current BAU systems to public cloud based services are done in a controlled manner. This will be providing assurance to ARE as systems, service and data are bridged between old and new, whilst ensuring payments continue to take place on time and accurately. - The Business Assurance Lead will provide strategic support to the ARP Design Authority Board. - Ensuring our public cloud based Digital Services that support operational delivery from Applications to Payments including Inspections operate as required to allow our Customers and Staff to interact with our products and ultimately deliver our core mission of payments into the rural economy whilst meeting our ministerial targets. - Delivering support to Agricultural Reform Programme (ARP): - Design Authority - aid development of new future capability model, identifying and future proofing business capabilities and ensuring integration with our existing business processed in the end to end design. - ARP Discoveries - Ensure delivery of the four key policy outcomes in the development of the new agricultural support framework. Ensuring new services can be delivered while ensuring desirability, feasibility and deliverability priorities are met. - Deliver assurance of Rural Payments and Services (RP&S) to deliver a stable, secure and supported platform as a key enabler to continue to make payments safely and securely.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The purpose of this service contract is to provide skills, professional expertise and relevant experience to support ARE business colleagues in: - the delivery of Agricultural Reform Program (ARP) by ensuring that the transition from Legacy and current BAU systems to public cloud based services are done in a controlled manner. This will be providing assurance to ARE as systems, service and data are bridged between old and new, whilst ensuring payments continue to take place on time and accurately. - The Business Assurance Lead will provide strategic support to the ARP Design Authority Board. - Ensuring our public cloud based Digital Services that support operational delivery from Applications to Payments including Inspections operate as required to allow our Customers and Staff to interact with our products and ultimately deliver our core mission of payments into the rural economy whilst meeting our ministerial targets. - Delivering support to Agricultural Reform Programme (ARP): - Design Authority - aid development of new future capability model, identifying and future proofing business capabilities and ensuring integration with our existing business processed in the end to end design. - ARP Discoveries - Ensure delivery of the four key policy outcomes in the development of the new agricultural support framework. Ensuring new services can be delivered while ensuring desirability, feasibility and deliverability priorities are met. - Deliver assurance of Rural Payments and Services (RP&S) to deliver a stable, secure and supported platform as a key enabler to continue to make payments safely and securely.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496692 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Dec 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £974,600 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 8EA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TALEOS CONSULTING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72222300 - Information technology services

## Release History

- 17 Jan 2024 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496692

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496692
  CASE/691365 - The purpose of this service contract is to provide skills, professional expertise and relevant experience to support ARE business colleagues in: - the delivery of Agricultural Reform Program (ARP) by ensuring that the transition from Legacy and current BAU systems to public cloud based services are done in a controlled manner. This will be providing assurance to ARE as systems, service and data are bridged between old and new, whilst ensuring payments continue to take place on time and accurately. - The Business Assurance Lead will provide strategic support to the ARP Design Authority Board. - Ensuring our public cloud based Digital Services that support operational delivery from Applications to Payments including Inspections operate as required to allow our Customers and Staff to interact with our products and ultimately deliver our core mission of payments into the rural economy whilst meeting our ministerial targets. - Delivering support to Agricultural Reform Programme (ARP): - Design Authority - aid development of new future capability model, identifying and future proofing business capabilities and ensuring integration with our existing business processed in the end to end design. - ARP Discoveries - Ensure delivery of the four key policy outcomes in the development of the new agricultural support framework. Ensuring new services can be delivered while ensuring desirability, feasibility and deliverability priorities are met. - Deliver assurance of Rural Payments and Services (RP&S) to deliver a stable, secure and supported platform as a key enabler to continue to make payments safely and securely.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000755344
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/edinburgh-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court

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